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The next Japanese national tournament, Kakutou Shinseiki III, has just been announced. The finals are scheduled to be held on 21st March 2005.

The tournament will be broadcast live on the Internet. The link to watch the broadcast will be made available shortly after the event begins in Japan. The format of the broadcast will be windows media 9 and will ideally require a 500Kbps connection.


<font color="red">Results</font>

1st. Itabashi Zangeif (Shun) New Rank: TenTei (sky emperor)
2nd. KING (Pai)

<font color="red">Official Links</font><ul type="square">[*]Kakutou Shinseiki III
[*]Finals Bracket (English)
[*]Pics and Movies[/list]

<font color="red">RESULTS</font>
Winner: Jin (Kage) (New Title: <font color="yellow">KenOh</font>)
Runner-up: Soutaisho (Kage)

Date: 11 Oct 2004
Time: Finals at 15:00hrs (Tokyo time)
Site: http://am.sega.jp/utop/news/vf4ft_ote4/index.html
Information: http://am.sega.jp/utop/news/vf4ft_ote4/info.html
Finals Bracket: http://am.sega.jp/utop/news/vf4ft_ote4/final_t.html (1st round matchups and profiles)

Otenami Haiken 4 is just around the corner, and it was recently announced that the finals will be broadcast live. The finals will commence on Monday 11th October 2004, at 15:00hrs (Tokyo time) and is scheduled to last for 2.5hrs.

Following the finals will be a 100-man kumite event with special guests:

<ul type="square">[*]Kyasao (former tetsujin)
[*]Bunbun Maru (former tetsujin)
[*]Chibita (winner of Lion character tournament and co-winner of Tokyo 2-on-2 tournament)
[*]Ohsu Akira (winner of Otenami Haiken 2)
[*]Minami Akira (winner of Kakutou Shinseiki II)
[*]Heruru (runner-up of Kakutou Shinseiki II)
[*]Nuki (co-winner of Tokyo 2-on-2 tournament)
[*]Haijin...

Evolution 2004 is a wrap! Thanks to all of you who came out and supported Virtua Fighter at this event. Here are the results from the finals:

1. Itabashi Zangief (Shun Di, Japan)
2. Shou (Sarah, St. Louis, USA)
3. Kurita (Vanessa, Japan)
4. Ryan (Kage, UK)
5. Raoh (Lau, Japan)
5. Adam (Jeffry, NYC, USA)
7. Cappo (Pai, Florida, USA)
7. Maddy (Akira, Ohio, USA)

With Final Tuned just a day or two away from official release, am2-sega have wasted no time in announcing the next big national tournament in Japan, Otenami Haiken 4.

The announcement was made on the official Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned site, but no other details are available as yet.

More info as it arrives!

<font color="red">NEW</font>
[*]Player Signups
[*]See who's going

The EVO2K tournament series have officially launched their site. On it you'll find some basic information regarding the tournament, venue and other related details. Additional information and sign-ups will be forthcoming, so check back regularly and ensure you're up to date with the latest developments!

This year's EVO2K4 is gonna be huge!

Official site: http://www.evo2k.com

Official site: Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned

At AOU 2004, Sega AM2 has announced a new upgrade entitled Virtua Fighter 4 Final Tuned which adds new single player aspects as well as balancing out the game more while adding new moves. Expected in Japanese arcades during the Summer of 2004, however, no news of a console port have been announced. Expect media soon.


Jacky Bryant Tuned


Aoi Umenoukouji Tuned

Absolution 2004 'The Balance Of Judgement' World Fighting Game Tournament. It's time! The Absolute Fighting Games Championship is about to begin. UPG and it's sponsors are looking forward to witnessing something fierce from the top Fighting games competitors in the world. This years UPG's Absolution 2004 tournament will include 10(Ten) games:

<ul type="square">[*]Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
[*]Capcom vs SNK 2
[*]Soul Calibur 2
[*]Super Street Fighter 2
[*]Tekken Tag Tournament
[*]Tekken 4
[*]Street Fighter 3 Alpha
[*]Guilty Gear XX #Reloaded
[*]<font color="yellow">Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution</font>
[*]Marvel vs Capcom 2[/list]

Location: London, Trocadero
Dates: April 13th to April 19th 2004 (tentative)

Visit the Ullysis Professional Gaming site for information, signup, player lists, rules and other details.

For the 2nd year in a row, Amusement Journal has awarded AM2's Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution with the Best Income Award. Sega took in three of the top five spots as can be seen below:

<ul type="square">Top 5 Money Makers
[*]Virtua Fighter 4 Evolution (Sega AM2)
[*]The King of Fighters 2002 (SNK Playmore)
[*]Virtua Striker 2002 (Amusement Vision/Sega)
[*]Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs. Zeon DX (Capcom)
[*]Power Smash 2 (Hitmaker/Sega)
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DVD Information

You've been waiting, and now it's time for the payoff. The highly anticipated Evolution 2003 DVDs are here! Are you ready to experience the world's best go head to head in some of the craziest matches ever caught on tape? Here's just some of the stuff you can expect:

<ul type="square">[*] Daigo's return to the USA!
[*] Justins unprecedented 3rd MvC2 World Championship!
[*] East Coast vs West Coast MvC2 Challenge!
[*] Chibita and Ohsu Akira, head to head in VF4:Evo!
[*] KO, Daigo and KSK face the USAs best 3S!
[*] Jason Cole and the USA ST team in action!
[*] MIU and the Japanese GGXX players!
[*] Korea vs USA in TK4!
[*] Ryan Hart vs Kim Bong Min TTT highlights!
[*] Dan the Nightmare, SC2 World Champion!
[*] ... one word... "INO"!!!!!!![/list]
It's all here. The victories, the defeats, the upsets, the comebacks, the drama, and the excitement. Get yours today! Save 20% if you buy both the 2003 and 2002 Complete set!


EVO2003 Set (both discs)

Over 14 HOURS of tournament matches for EVERY GAME featured at Evolution 2003, including the top 8 finals for all nine games (MvC2, CvS2, GGXX, ST, 3S, VF4:Evo, TTT, TK4, SC2)!!!


EVO2003 2D DVD (disc 1)

Over 8 HOURS of tournament matches for all 2D games featured at Evolution 2003, including the top 8 finals for five games (MvC2, CvS2, GGXX, ST, 3S).


EVO2003 3D DVD (disc 2)

Over 6 hours of tournament matches for all 3D games featured at Evolution 2003, including the top 8 finals for four games (VF4:Evo, TTT, TK4, SC2).


EVOLUTION COMPLETE (2003 + 2002, 4 discs!)

The motherload of all... this 4-disc set contains over TWENTY FOUR HOURS of...

Otenami Haiken 3, the latest National Tournament in Japan is being held today, 2 Nov 2003, in Tokyo and you can watch it live over the web!

<font color="orange">Otenami Haiken 3 Results</font>
1. Haijin (Jacky) (New Ranking: <font color="yellow">Tou Kon</font> Fighting Spirit)
2. Minami Akira (Akira)


<font color="orange">Otenami Haiken 3</font>

<ul type="square">[*]Final Results <font color="red">NEW!</font>
[*]Movies <font color="red">NEW!</font>
[*]Official site
[*]Finals information
[*]Broadcast information: at the time of the event there will be both a broadband (500kbps) and dialup (56kbps) streaming option, and you'll need Windows Media 9 and Windows Media Player in order to watch.
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Schedule
<ul type="square">[*]Tournament: 13:00 - 16:00
[*]Kumite: 16:30 - 20:00[/list]

Above times shown are Japan local time. Equivalent starting times around the world are:
<ul type="square">[*]Los Angeles 20:00 (previous day)
[*]New York 23:00 (previous day)
[*]London 04:00
[*]Singapore 12:00
[*]Sydney 15:00[/list]

Times found using World Time Converter.